captioned by closed captioning services, inc. good morning, i'm eric thomas. cheryl jennings is on assignment. and i'm kristen sze. preparations underway for the memorial for ambassador chris stevens he was killed in libya. this morning hillary clinton takes on critics of the white house. >> reporter: the ambassador's family members said they don't want his death to be politicized, obviously it is. many of his family members will be here his brother and two sisters will speak. crews are laying white carpet inside the rotunda of city hall. elaborate set-up. here the city holding a memorial for chris stevens, a diplomat from piedmont who attended uc berkeley.

some 700, including state department colleagues, friends and family are expected. mayor lee will address the crowd. >> it is very appropriate we celebrate his life what he tried to do as an ambassador and -- in one of the hardest regions today. >> reporter: the attack that killed stevens and three other americans has become a political hot button issue finger pointing has intensified since the state department acknowledged the attack was a coordinated assault. hillary clinton is saying the buck tops with her. >> i take responsibility, i'm in charge of the state department, 60,000 plus all over the world, 275 posts. the president and the vice president wouldn't be knowledgeable about specific decisions that are made by security professionals. >> reporter: the memorial service will be followed by a reception, public is invited

encouraged to attend. if you are driving the closest parking garage is the civic center lot if you are taking bart get off at the civic center stop. katie marzullo, abc7 news. at sfo the giants are boarding a flight to st. louis to battle the cardinals. the giants tied the series last night. amy hollyfield talked to some of the players as they boarded the buses. what is the mood? >> reporter: they were relieved to have a win their belt. they said they would not want to be going to st. louis with the series at 2-0. they are happy about that. also hoping to hear good news about their teammate scutaro. as giants prepare to leave this morning they were stillívñ% talking that controversial slide that leveled second baseman scutaro and whether he will play tomorrow.

scutaro stayed in the game and got two big hits. there's going to be hard play both sides that stuff happens. >> scutaro is being tested, as we speak. >> reporter: his x-rays came back negative. now they are looking to see if there is muscle damage. he injured his hip when matt holliday slid into him some think he was going for the player not the bag. >> matt said he started the slide a tad too late whether it was a tad or several tads, i think you can see from the replay. >> tony la lieu so had a rule if you -- tony larue so had a rule if you hit one of our guys we going to hit one of your guys i just hope scutaro will play. >> reporter: commentator thinks matt holliday helped the team with this play. he says it brought the giants together. >> i think they are going to

win the series they've got momentum now that is going to bring the city another pennant. that's how significant i think that play was last night. thank you matt holliday. >> reporter: the series is now 1-1 credit goes to vogelsong who only allowed one run last night. >> i don't think it is totally set in. i think it will hit when all of this is over and hopefully that means after we are holding the world series trophy up. >> reporter: wouldn't that great. vogelsong was amazing, matt cain is pitching tomorrow. some of the players we spoke with today say having him on the mound gives them a lot of confidence. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. the next three games are all in st. louis, game three tomorrow 1:07 p.m. pacific time. thursday 5:07 p.m. pacific time. friday game five, 5:07 our

time. the giants need to win three more games out of seven to take the championship series. football now. we can find out in the next few hours if san francisco is in the running to host up coming super bowl. the nfl is deciding if san francisco has a shot. the plan would mean 2016 or 17 super bowl would be played at the new 9ers stadium. abc7 will carry the 49ers game live thursday. 4:00 hourlong pregame show featuring jerry rice and brent jones. game time 5:00. 9ers host seahawks. that will be followed by a special edition of after the game we will give away $49,000 to someone who likes us on our facebook page. it is time for round two in the presidential debate. president obama and mitt romney are in new york tonight for the only town

hall-style meet-up leading up to the election. t.j. winick joins us live with the latest. >> reporter: president obama certainly has work to do even he admits that first debate did not go well for him. mitt romney needs to keep the pressure on. he also needs to interact well with audience members. president obama has been prepping for tonight's debate this virginia golf resort. he left his clubs at the white house trying to send a message he's all business. >> how are you feelinging about tonight? president fabulous. >> reporter: in massachusetts mitt romney's prep partner likes his candidates chances. >> great. >> reporter: tonight brings one age only town hall-style debate both taking questions from the audience, all undecided voters. the format has inspired memorial -- memorable campaign moments. >> i'm exhausted of defending

you. >> reporter: romney has to knock the idea he can't relate to average americans. to make up lost ground president obama will have to go on the attack being careful not to offend the audience member asking the question. >> he has to be assertive but he can't be aggressive. if he's not he and michelle better get the boxes and peaking tape and call the movers. -- >> reporter: the obama camp is running a new tv spot that features john glenn native of the buckeye state. >> he means what he says. that's the ohio way. barack obama has earned my vote and my trust. >> reporter: mitt romney got an interesting endorsement this morning former presidential candidate ross perot, mitt romney will have to be as popular with independent voters as perot was if he wants to win on november 6th. >> what was the focus of each candidate's preparation, you

think? >> reporter: the romney campaign tells abc news that the focus for mitt romney was getting used to answering questions from different people and sort of jumping around from topic to topic like will take place tonight. as for the obama campaign they say the president focused on getting used to attacking mitt romney really going after him and trying to maybe portray inconsistencies in his positions and proposals. >> we'll see how it works out. thanks. the presidential debate is tonight at 6:00 we'll be carrying it live here on abc 7. much more ahead, including search for missing pilot who took off from half moon bay the area where the coast guard is searching today. new security concerns for a pakistani girl shot by the taliban, and is now being treated in england.

coast guard is searching the waters off half moon bay for a small plane. arizona but did not show up for a scheduled fuel stop in apple valley the pilot's wife reported the plane missing orange single engine tail number n 72 ah. the coast guard says the search will extent 20 miles south from where the plane took off at half moon bay.

the plane is registered to a florida man but it is not immediately clear where it was flying. firefighters still looking for a cause at are early morning fire at san carlo that damaged a restaurant supply business and threatened a 24 hour gym. the fire broke out after midnight it went to three alarms. 24 hour fitness gym next door was evacuated for two hours no one was injured. investigators state fire appears to have been an accident. one man fighting for his life after what police say was a street fight in the mission district early this among. officers responded to reports of the fight at valencia and 16th streets at 2 a.m. they phone the man unresponsive on the ground. witnesses say seven people took part in the brawl, two were hospitalized one man in critical. police say it is still unclear why the fight broke out. so far no arrests. santa rosa police are searching for whoever shot a

man in busy apartment complex last night. officers arrived around 9 p.m. they found a man with a gunshot wound to the stomach. that man was taken to the hospital for treatment his condition is not known. police are searching for a 2012 jeep. all lanes are clear after a nasty crash snarled traffic on northbound 101 in santa clara after 5 a.m. silver sedan cut off a camry the one there and it caused chain reaction the woman in that camry is hospitalized with major head injuries. the chp is looking for the sedan that cut her off. for two hours cars squeezed by in one lane causing major back-ups. lisa argen is in for mike. we've got some wide variety of conditions stubborn patch of fog over hayward you can see from emeryville camera sunny, the fog lingers around hayward, half moon bay north wind has brought santa rosa up to 80° right now talk about

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those attending a memorial service for arlen specter. the service has been underway for two hours in philadelphia. specter was pennsylvania's longest serving u.s. senator with 30 years on capitol hill. a republican from 19822009 he switched to the democratic party and finished his senate career in 2010 he died sunday cancer he was 82. new security concerns for the pakistan if i girl shot by the taliban and now being treated in england. two visitors to the hospital were stopped and questioned by british officers. police say they were well-wishers hoping to encourage malala. the taliban is vowing to find a way to kill the 14-year-old who was shot on her way home from school a week ago for promoting education for women. company that manufactures apple's iphone says it has found underaged interns working illegally at one of is factories in china. foxconn says some were as

young as 14. china's minimum legal working age is 16. foxconn says they were sent back-to-school. the company faced the complaint in august that students were compelled by their schools to work in the factories in china. ipad mini will be launched a week from today in san jose. apple is inviting tech reporters to an event next tuesday. the invitations don't say what is planked, typically how apple does it. little doubt that it is go time for the smaller less expensive ipad, half the size of its big brother, will compete with tablets including the $159 kindle fire. the mini is expected to cost between $250 and $300. we have fickle fog out

from mount tam you can see the layer and winds blowing, there's a northwest wind offshore and this marine layer is very shallow it doesn't want to go away. couple hunt feet deep, hayward still reporting fog -- elsewhere the winds have switched to a northerly component mostly clear right now. eventually, you will get rid of that patch of fog over the east bay at our coast as well but it is thick there now. as a result with the we have wind at 15 temperatures comfortable at our coast that north wind at 14 has pushed santa rosa up to 80° already. those downsloping winds in the north bay hitting up, napa, sonoma, san rafael today. east bay you are not far behind, 68 oakland, with that little fog you are managing 70 in fremont, 69 in san jose, the fog is backed off along

the central coast 75 in gilroy, a lot warmer than yesterday in most areas. 16° warmer in santa rosa, 10 warmer here in the east bay. elsewhere around the bay even the coast with that fog and lighter wind looking at a milder afternoon. sunny skies, warmer today, it will remain breezy at our coast northwesterly winds up to 20 miles an hour, small craft advisory and warm offshore winds on tap later tonight, tomorrow and thursday that is going to bring high fire danger overnight no fog numbers will be mild in the 60s palo alto 60, 58 morgan hill, 64 antioch, san francisco low 60s. weak front passed to the north high pressure over the land and upper elevations we are talking about that ridge expanding as that does, that's when we get to the drier atmosphere. we have a good relative humidity the past couple of days starting later this

afternoon when that fog disappears we'll see very dry winds take over that going to take us through thursday. mount tam, mount diablo already breezy winds 15 to 20 miles an hour coming from that northeasterly component we need to watch carefully today nice day in the south bay 79 santa clara, 83 los gatos, 70s millbrae, upper 60s pacifica north bay san francisco 73 north bay the warmest numbers downsloping winds mid 80s napa, sonoma, upper 70s oakland getting into the sunshine hayward upper 70s castro valley mid 80s returning inland east bay 79 watsonville. this is a change we are warming up tomorrow and thursday for the big game. not only cooler and cloudier, rain monday, possibly tuesday. in two days abc 7 will give away $49,000 the winner will

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